Carlton vs Grove Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Carlton and Grove Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Carlton and Grove Hill are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grove Hill has the higher population (1,940 vs 32 in Carlton). Since 2019, Grove Hill's population has grown faster (+5.5% vs +3.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Carlton	Grove Hill
Population	32	1,940
Median age	—	42.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$49,223
Median home value	—	$151,400
Median gross rent	—	$738
Housing units	37	910
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	21.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carlton	Grove Hill
Population	31 → 32 (+3.2%)	1,839 → 1,940 (+5.5%)
Median household income	—	$47,626 → $49,223 (+3.4%)
Median home value	—	$137,200 → $151,400 (+10.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$533 → $738 (+38.5%)

Carlton

Population

3132

Grove Hill

Population

1,8391,940

Median household income

$47,626$49,223

Median home value

$137,200$151,400

Median gross rent

$533$738

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carlton	Grove Hill
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	18.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	0.0%	18.6%
55 to 64	40.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.3%
75 and over	59.4%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carlton	Grove Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	55.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	42.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carlton	Grove Hill
No high school diploma	59.4%	16.1%
High school graduate	0.0%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carlton	Grove Hill
Drove alone	—	90.0%
Carpooled	—	4.8%
Public transit	—	0.0%
Walked	—	1.7%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	3.1%
Other means	—	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carlton	Grove Hill
1-unit, detached	62.2%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	37.8%	14.2%

Poverty & households

	Carlton	Grove Hill
Poverty rate	0.0%	17.1%
Average household size	2.46	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1986	1975